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markey: on the human rights council, we are trying to push china on the human rights abuses, and human rights council is one aspect of our ability to coordinate with allies to put pressure on those who are violating human rights. of thenow pulling out human rights council. how does that hurt our ability to rally other nations to put together a plan to target china, and do so in a comprehensive way , using that human rights council as a mechanism to accomplish that goal? busby: our concerns had to do with the membership on the council, which included china. china has been a member of the council for a lot of the council's years, as well as the process by which members are elected to the council. and our second concern was the fact the council pays disproportionate attention to israel. after years of trying to fix both of those problems, we were not succeeding and that prompted the decision to withdraw. the fact we withdraw from the council does not mean we have withdrawn from advocacy around human rights in china. in multiple occasions at the you when we have raised concerns about china
markey: on the human rights council, we are trying to push china on the human rights abuses, and human rights council is one aspect of our ability to coordinate with allies to put pressure on those who are violating human rights. of thenow pulling out human rights council. how does that hurt our ability to rally other nations to put together a plan to target china, and do so in a comprehensive way , using that human rights council as a mechanism to accomplish that goal? busby: our concerns had...
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the universal declaration of human rights has made human rights violations prosecuted people have been sent to jail for their violations because of the act itself the declaration itself all the any successes. yeah there are several of. such examples i'm thinking for example one or laureates shooting with dana from chad who is you know been engaged over decades to bring in the former dictator has been a bit too well you know to take him to court and he was finally after many many years he was sentenced so yeah there are many other such examples the problem is that there are too few the legal framework for all of this suggests that there needs to be more accountability we have actually discussed that but is there a solution to this that acceptable to the entire international community all the law all the tough enough laws that can be brought at. i think let's start by saying that the universal declaration of human rights was never meant to lead to prosecutions ok criminal or is one thing international criminal or is one thing international human rights law is something else and what we a
the universal declaration of human rights has made human rights violations prosecuted people have been sent to jail for their violations because of the act itself the declaration itself all the any successes. yeah there are several of. such examples i'm thinking for example one or laureates shooting with dana from chad who is you know been engaged over decades to bring in the former dictator has been a bit too well you know to take him to court and he was finally after many many years he was...
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towards human rights when did you become aware of the declaration of human rights and how much of an impact it has it had on your work in afghanistan and became aware of the human condition of human rights and i was quite candid maybe around seventy five and i think the equality in and put their human dignity in the focus was a reason for me to fight for it and use it as a tool for fighting for equality and human rights and i think it's a it's a document i believe that draw a clear line between aggression violence and civilized tolerance work of course focusing on human dignity in equality between any person without ignition off their geographical position or color religion believe their language and so on. so that is true to be used for promotion of you want me to. everywhere in particular in my country not funds if people are prosecuted for war crimes for crimes against humanity in conflict zones do they feel that they can get away with doing more and more violations against human rights of course not at think that's why i am saying that it should be a mechanism in order to deal wi
towards human rights when did you become aware of the declaration of human rights and how much of an impact it has it had on your work in afghanistan and became aware of the human condition of human rights and i was quite candid maybe around seventy five and i think the equality in and put their human dignity in the focus was a reason for me to fight for it and use it as a tool for fighting for equality and human rights and i think it's a it's a document i believe that draw a clear line between...
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we are now pulling out of the human rights council. how does that hurt our ability to rally other nations to put together a plan, and do so in encumbrance away, using that human race counsel as a mechanism to accomplish that goal? >> thank you for the question senator. well, as you know from secretary payers and ambassador haley's statement at the time of the decision to withdraw from the council, our concerns had to do with that membership on the council, which as you point out, include china. china has been a member of the council for a lot of the council years. as well as the process by which members are elected to the council. and our second concern was the fact that the council pays disproportionate attention to israel. and after years of trying to fix those problems, we were not succeeding, and that's what prompted the decision to withdraw. however the fact that we withdraw from the council does not mean we have withdrawn from advocacy around human rights in china. indeed, in new york, on multiple occasions, we have raised our con
we are now pulling out of the human rights council. how does that hurt our ability to rally other nations to put together a plan, and do so in encumbrance away, using that human race counsel as a mechanism to accomplish that goal? >> thank you for the question senator. well, as you know from secretary payers and ambassador haley's statement at the time of the decision to withdraw from the council, our concerns had to do with that membership on the council, which as you point out, include...
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we welcome spotlight that this hearing shines on the human rights situation in china and work with the subcommittee to support the efforts of those in china who are seeking to stand up for their rights, thank you. >> chairman gardner, ranking member markey, distinguished members of the subcommittee i appreciate the invitation to appear before you today on this important issue. the united states wants a constructive results-oriented relationship with china. grounded in the principles of fairness, reciprocity and respect. china's protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms is essential to our ability to achieve this vision and realize that sustainable u.s./china relationship. today, china is doubling down on repressive domestic controls in stark contrast to the universal values that the united states and its partners have championed for many decades. in recent years we have witnessed a regression in terms of china's respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including religious freedom. the rule of law and civil society. while my colleague can speak more to many of these
we welcome spotlight that this hearing shines on the human rights situation in china and work with the subcommittee to support the efforts of those in china who are seeking to stand up for their rights, thank you. >> chairman gardner, ranking member markey, distinguished members of the subcommittee i appreciate the invitation to appear before you today on this important issue. the united states wants a constructive results-oriented relationship with china. grounded in the principles of...
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human rights are being respected. now let me bring in bangkok and benjamin so ok is there a structural problem hit with the way the united nations works because it doesn't have an enforcement policy or is this simply the states all paying lip service to the universal declaration of human rights but actually they're not really pushing forward within their own countries to prosecute those responsible well it's a combination of both un has suffered from from a structural deficiency ever since the security council was founded in the wake of world war two and of course seventy years on it's not most anachronistic now when you look at its composition i think more importantly what you have to do twenty first century in contrast to the middle of the twentieth century is number one a situation in united states in which it's an executive chief executive ever since the turn of the century has either.
human rights are being respected. now let me bring in bangkok and benjamin so ok is there a structural problem hit with the way the united nations works because it doesn't have an enforcement policy or is this simply the states all paying lip service to the universal declaration of human rights but actually they're not really pushing forward within their own countries to prosecute those responsible well it's a combination of both un has suffered from from a structural deficiency ever since the...
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for human rights. talks to al-jazeera. we show a high commissioner for human rights thank you for talking to al-jazeera we're going to talk about the concerns of human rights around the world now but i'd like to start this interview by going back seventy years in history when this rather remarkable document was signed the universal declaration of human rights very briefly tell me why this was important than and is still important now and well you know the world has gone through two wars with all the consequences and also gone through a very very i would say grave economic depression so everybody was saying how can we ensure that this will never happen again so they decided to set which where the princess. and the main balance that every human being should have which were their main rights they were to have everywhere doesn't matter where he lived just for the for the recent to be human be and that's the main issue. it set a. set of standards that i think were important yesterday and continue to be impo
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the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights. flouted, there is due process there as well. in turkey have locked up one of the biggest opposition leaders, turkey ‘s said they were not releasing. once the european court of human rights issues something like that you have three months in order to reply and investigate. this is still going on, it is not a final decision, then you can appeal. we will keep a watch on that, the clock is ticking... i do think you can say that and also, the person you mentioned, is being charged, as far as my knowledge is correct, over 30 different cases and the ruling was only related to one of them. the other cases that he is charged with, he actually incited people to go out onto the street and all of violence was created and a lot of people were killed. he was responsible for that. including a 12—year—old boy. these are kurdish people who did not support the pkk what about their human rights? you never ask about their human rights? a final thought, we are running out of time, you are an expert on for
the european court of human rights. the european court of human rights. flouted, there is due process there as well. in turkey have locked up one of the biggest opposition leaders, turkey ‘s said they were not releasing. once the european court of human rights issues something like that you have three months in order to reply and investigate. this is still going on, it is not a final decision, then you can appeal. we will keep a watch on that, the clock is ticking... i do think you can say...
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organisations, like human rights watch, and indeed the un high commissionerfor human rights, michelle they say is absolutely crucial to getting to the truth. but the crime happened in turkey so obviously, first, it had to be investigated thoroughly by our authorities, and we wanted to make sure that the saudis would actually co—operate. the saudi chief prosecutor came to istanbul, he met with our chief prosecutor but he didn't hand over any evidence... he didn't share any... turkish said that he hadn't co—operated. sorry? turkish officials said there wasn't sufficient cooperation... exactly, that's what i'm alluding to. so he came and there wasn't any cooperation. he didn't offer anything, and he just went back. so we didn't get the cooperation that we wanted to from saudi arabia. we're still hoping that they do come up with some cooperation, otherwise we are going to go to the un for an international investigation and the un have already welcomed this so... the thing is... ..so i think that's where things are going if the saudis don't co—operate. well, it just looks like turkey isn't
organisations, like human rights watch, and indeed the un high commissionerfor human rights, michelle they say is absolutely crucial to getting to the truth. but the crime happened in turkey so obviously, first, it had to be investigated thoroughly by our authorities, and we wanted to make sure that the saudis would actually co—operate. the saudi chief prosecutor came to istanbul, he met with our chief prosecutor but he didn't hand over any evidence... he didn't share any... turkish said that...
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been observing events in syria starting with the revolution and its violent suppression of the un human rights council set up a commission of inquiry which is since compiled thousands of documents on crimes against humanity in syria but no action has been taken darwish embodied ten what is now its fourteenth session one can this we cannot allow impunity. if impunity prevails in syria and should work crimes and crimes against humanity will become legal everywhere. without legal review of the terrorist continue to escalate it will work that is why justice is so important to us with this i'm glad that. the human rights activists want to be heard before the united nations as a voice of syria's civilian population as a voice committed soley to human rights and not compromised by overriding political interests. we continue to strongly support the mandate of the commission of inquiry and welcome its critical work in investigating a creatures human rights violations that abuses as well as violations of international humanitarian law of which the syrian government remains the primary perpetrator but wi
been observing events in syria starting with the revolution and its violent suppression of the un human rights council set up a commission of inquiry which is since compiled thousands of documents on crimes against humanity in syria but no action has been taken darwish embodied ten what is now its fourteenth session one can this we cannot allow impunity. if impunity prevails in syria and should work crimes and crimes against humanity will become legal everywhere. without legal review of the...
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now, what about their human rights? you never ask about their human rights.uch we could discuss, but you are an expert on foreign affairs in turkey, you give the president advice on foreign affairs. do you warn him that turkey is in grave danger of being very isolated? we can talk about europe, we can talk about the united states as well, where there's is a new stand—off over northern syria, with the pentagon issuing... who is being isolated? well, my contention is that from yourformer partners in europe and the united states, turkey is looking increasingly isolated. no. the president has a very good working relationship with the leaders of germany and france and also with the british government. i am actually present in most of the meetings, he has in these delegations and he has a very good relationship with mr putin as well and they're cooperating over syria. he has managed to bring the leaders.. you mention syria, let's end on syria, in the last 2a hours a serious warning has been issued saying that it is alarmed from what it is about president erdogan ab
now, what about their human rights? you never ask about their human rights.uch we could discuss, but you are an expert on foreign affairs in turkey, you give the president advice on foreign affairs. do you warn him that turkey is in grave danger of being very isolated? we can talk about europe, we can talk about the united states as well, where there's is a new stand—off over northern syria, with the pentagon issuing... who is being isolated? well, my contention is that from yourformer...
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for human rights. talks to algiers if. we show a high commissioner for human rights thank you for talking to al-jazeera we're going to talk about the concerns of human rights around the world now but i'd like to start this interview back seventy years in history when this rather remarkable document was signed the universal declaration of human rights very briefly tell me why this was important then and is still important now well you know the world has gone through two wars with all the consequences and also gone through a very very i would say grave economic depression so everybody was saying how can we ensure that this will never happen again so they decided to set which where the principles and the main balance that. every human being should have which were their main rights they were to have everywhere doesn't matter where he lived just for the for the recent to be human be and that's the main issue. it said very set of standards that i think were important yesterday and continue to be important to
for human rights. talks to algiers if. we show a high commissioner for human rights thank you for talking to al-jazeera we're going to talk about the concerns of human rights around the world now but i'd like to start this interview back seventy years in history when this rather remarkable document was signed the universal declaration of human rights very briefly tell me why this was important then and is still important now well you know the world has gone through two wars with all the...
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is coming up with a position where money trumps human rights unfortunately money does. importance in many countries when they make those kind of the situations i would prefer that ethics will be the way you define things in the country. and. because i understand i mean any country and every country in mind we needed to train we need to do a lot of things but you also need to understand which are the limits without the red lines for it so i know now there is a huge discussion in in parliament here about if continue in supporting and selling arms and so on and i hope there are these additional democratic institutions here define what's the best for the u.s. interest but you know that president trump does everything in a transactional manner you talk about ethics and the ideals of this document but i hazard a guess that president trump has never read this probably doesn't even know it exists why i cannot say that i have no if idea if he knows that are not but of course. he may says this is a way but the us leadership on human rights from the very early days seventy years a
is coming up with a position where money trumps human rights unfortunately money does. importance in many countries when they make those kind of the situations i would prefer that ethics will be the way you define things in the country. and. because i understand i mean any country and every country in mind we needed to train we need to do a lot of things but you also need to understand which are the limits without the red lines for it so i know now there is a huge discussion in in parliament...
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marks the seventieth anniversary of the adoption of the united nations universal declaration of human rights by countries around the world the document outlines thirty fundamental rights which form the basis of democratic societies and the un says there are as relevant today as they have ever been and with multiple examples of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity just how. is the document mike hanna reports borne out of recession the devastation of war and an act of genocide executed on industrial scale the declaration was passed by the un general assembly in one nine hundred forty eight with the us ambassador eleanor roosevelt a guiding force its intention to ensure that such tragedies did not occur again but in the decade since the declaration has been marked more by transgressions and example the key problem the lack of enforcement the body established to protect these rights is a un security council and often divided body in which national agendas rather than individual rights remain supremum. the syrian state that carries out chemical attacks against its own people is shielde
marks the seventieth anniversary of the adoption of the united nations universal declaration of human rights by countries around the world the document outlines thirty fundamental rights which form the basis of democratic societies and the un says there are as relevant today as they have ever been and with multiple examples of genocide war crimes and crimes against humanity just how. is the document mike hanna reports borne out of recession the devastation of war and an act of genocide executed...
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ros-lehtinen: there are incredible human rights proponents.ll of you in this audience are those ambassadors. and i thank you for everything you're doing. and i think the trump administration is doing everything right internationally, but yes, as a former school teacher, i would give him a few homework assignments. , carl and t for mark you, dan. [laughter] >> administrator green, i think it's important that this audience and the audience understands all of the work that aid does. i don't think it is fully appreciated. and i think the congresswoman was referring to it. but you are doing an incredible amount of work and pushing against these very bad regimes. mr. green: a few things. first off, this session really came out of a gathering i had in miami after my visit to the summit of americas and the difficult as practice got together and we were struck by w the tyranny was one regime and three governments and sharing technology and a reminder for those of us who believe in freedom and democracy and potential. we had better start meeting and sha
ros-lehtinen: there are incredible human rights proponents.ll of you in this audience are those ambassadors. and i thank you for everything you're doing. and i think the trump administration is doing everything right internationally, but yes, as a former school teacher, i would give him a few homework assignments. , carl and t for mark you, dan. [laughter] >> administrator green, i think it's important that this audience and the audience understands all of the work that aid does. i don't...
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for human rights activists the situation remains bleak international rights organizations have accused the kremlin and its secret service of human rights violations but the west's condemnation appears to have made little impact. the bundesliga match day fifteen is in the books let's take a look at all it was frank age and life dominated by its don't mend defeated player men say it has been by a new nick club it head of a desolate off choked out i book and oftentimes this is in the or listen. drew. on friday night will spit it. around fourteen same sex couples have staged a mass waiting in the brazilian city all the participants tied the knot fearing brazil's new odd line president. could order a crackdown on gay weddings next year one t.v. which has been called it an act of resistance has in the pa said he would not be able to love a homosexual son. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you turkey's foreign minister says donald trump told turkish president richard type one that washington is working on the extradition off a muslim cleric living in the. once to put the lid
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and long time human rights activist seventy years after the declaration of the human rights hope. we come and how successful have we been of course we are successful to have this declaration this very important declaration which is universal so it belongs to any human being in the be it black or white man or women be it. gay or lesbian or had to have sex so this is something which is wells of us all which is our kind of global constitution this is positive very very positive but we more and more we see that enemies of human rights anime's of democracies populism is increasing we see that there's a kind of erosion of international law and of the power of human rights which belong once again to anybody of us what about germany what should a country like germany do for the human rights. germany should be important i really speak about short could be could be more important and could be a kind of for run could could but this is based on credibility and speaking about human rights celebrating the declaration but sending exporting weapons to saudi arabia that's not that's not compatible
and long time human rights activist seventy years after the declaration of the human rights hope. we come and how successful have we been of course we are successful to have this declaration this very important declaration which is universal so it belongs to any human being in the be it black or white man or women be it. gay or lesbian or had to have sex so this is something which is wells of us all which is our kind of global constitution this is positive very very positive but we more and...
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sixty three years that's the truth in terms of building institutions jockeys also have enough human rights we have a right you have enough we have the right this right when i got the elections i did not come from that does not come to the president by a tank or by a creditor he came through elections he won by sixty one percent of the votes i won by fifty seven percent of the votes not man enough percent that's the fact and that is how i live in appalachia years he. said he wanted senor collections and in the clear he's not going to run when you having elections when we have so i don't know if we have elections without because the only certain we're separating you think the kind of us little guys are calling for elections you probably still i need to win a fight of my people you personally probably not actually see what i did i'm doing it now and i'm getting there junctions the judges are doing a fantastic job not president abbas what was the prison system there's a go and he told them mr president you must specify the steps in accordance with the timelines and i'm willing to go along with
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on that attack and and there are some pushbacks and human rights too michelle talks to al-jazeera. well you. know so let me let. welcome back i'm just. a reminder of our top stories this hour the world's economic powers are in argentina for the g. twenty summit which is meant to focus on trade and climate change the u.s. mexico and canada have signed a new trade deal as president donald trump and china's leadership thing prepare for their trade talks on saturday about the sun that's been overshadowed by the presence of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond who's appeared launching the isolated he's been confronted by some leaders over the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and was greeted by russia's president that i'm a person who started off with ukraine is also a contentious issue and ukraine's president has russian men between the ages of sixteen and sixty from entering the country for a month saying it will prevent the formation of more pro russian troops. the new united nations human rights chief has told al-jazeera it's time for the un to investigate the death of j
on that attack and and there are some pushbacks and human rights too michelle talks to al-jazeera. well you. know so let me let. welcome back i'm just. a reminder of our top stories this hour the world's economic powers are in argentina for the g. twenty summit which is meant to focus on trade and climate change the u.s. mexico and canada have signed a new trade deal as president donald trump and china's leadership thing prepare for their trade talks on saturday about the sun that's been...
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the us supports seventy three percent of the world's you tater ships but uses human rights very. arbitrarily and selectively in order to justify its own geopolitical ends up of course is a classic example where the us ordered the supposed dictatorship for decades and then when there was a popular all revolution by the sea at least for over ten years supporting culture terror against their country people forget about their you know and those things need to be remembered in the context of the of the situations we're talking about today. a feud between democrats and republicans over plans for a wall between the united states and mexico has led to threats of a u.s. government shutdown donald trump is seeking over five billion dollars for a wall to prevent illegal immigration while the democrats insist on less than two billion and a simpler border fence while president trump lashed out claiming that any democrat saying the border would be secure without a wall is just another politician following the party line for now it's still unclear what exactly will be built on the us mexico bor
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supports seventy three percent of the world's detainer ships but uses human rights . arbitrarily and selectively in order to justify its own geopolitical ends up of course is a classic example where the us ordered the supposed dictatorship for decades and now when there was a popular all revolution by the sandinistas worked for over ten years supporting culture terror against their country people forget about that you know and those things need to be remembered in the context of the of the situations we're talking about today. the faces syria will be thrashed out in the swiss city of tin evo later today at a meeting hosted by the un special syria and boy stephan demister top diplomats from russia iran and turkey will put their weight behind political efforts to ease years of turmoil in the region our senior correspondent mike galatea is in geneva for us and i get to see you the meeting is now in progress can you bring it up to speed on the latest place. well it's just about to begin as i understand sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister walked in through the door
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focus on human rights is really a direct threat to kim jong—un, to his legitimacy.e very serious sanctions because they are very serious crimes, crimes about humanity that united nations enquiry into the 14 found in north korea. these are very serious sanctions and very serious allegations. it is a reminder that north korea still has these issues with human rights, but does it also show us that the us government is working at two very different levels here. kim jong-un has said that he now wa nts here. kim jong-un has said that he now wants to shift to pursue economic development. it is really important to keep in mind that actually, human rights are a very important part of economic development because of unease, the international community thomas cannot invest in north korea if north korea continues to conduct these kinds of human rights violations. so, for it to have opening and economic development, it is going to have to change and stop its human rights abuses. does it also tell us that we are not really go to see progress with relations between north korea and
focus on human rights is really a direct threat to kim jong—un, to his legitimacy.e very serious sanctions because they are very serious crimes, crimes about humanity that united nations enquiry into the 14 found in north korea. these are very serious sanctions and very serious allegations. it is a reminder that north korea still has these issues with human rights, but does it also show us that the us government is working at two very different levels here. kim jong-un has said that he now wa...
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in russia the human rights activists level. has been jailed for twenty five days for protesting against the arrest of other activists on the seventy seven year old was accused of having repeatedly violated conditions imposed on him he is said to have called for the support of defendants the russian authorities have accused of being extremists in the planning a coup. that is usually left spends his days in the office fighting for human rights he helps those who have been unjustly imprisoned get released but today his desk is empty himself has been taken into custody and faces twenty five days in prison the government accused him of using facebook to incite protests supporting imprisoned activists. here he is supporting parents who are organizing a demonstration for the rights of a daughter who's been accused of extremist activities against the state. this accusation was formulated with the help of the russian secret service at least that's what all the czech and his colleagues think that's why they're here today. the twenty eigh
in russia the human rights activists level. has been jailed for twenty five days for protesting against the arrest of other activists on the seventy seven year old was accused of having repeatedly violated conditions imposed on him he is said to have called for the support of defendants the russian authorities have accused of being extremists in the planning a coup. that is usually left spends his days in the office fighting for human rights he helps those who have been unjustly imprisoned get...
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world stage and within their own borders has provoked a common outcry from democratic leaders human rights organizations and all who believe in important individuals of universal rights such as freedom of belief, freedom of expression and the right to due process and a fair trial. it's estimated that over 50,000 people remain in pre-trial detention in turkey since the failed coup attempt in 2016, including journalists, lawyers, judges, human rights defenders, teachers, economics and ngo workers. christians in turkey have a particularly challenging time and have had that challenging time over the past several years. conditions for them continue to worsen. the u.s. commission on international religious freedom or ucirf, has once again recognized turkey as a country for violations of religious freedom. turkey's downward spiral in its relation to freedom of belief has included proposed changes to the educational curriculum that excludes non-muslims. an increase in government spending solely for sunni mosques and a lack of progress with respect to legal status and re registration for non-muslim
world stage and within their own borders has provoked a common outcry from democratic leaders human rights organizations and all who believe in important individuals of universal rights such as freedom of belief, freedom of expression and the right to due process and a fair trial. it's estimated that over 50,000 people remain in pre-trial detention in turkey since the failed coup attempt in 2016, including journalists, lawyers, judges, human rights defenders, teachers, economics and ngo...
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seventy nine people during their operations in july twenty sixth seen and may this year and the human rights groups that you hate as many say as many as twelve thousand a human human rights group you know dispute what they claim but they say as many as twelve thousand have actually died as released hired killers drug syndicates and such an exaggerated that killing is so much easier than how holding trials isn't it no killing happens because there is resistance to police authorities. otherwise there would be no can only under those circumstances yes absolutely and the other effect of your policy is that the murder rate is actually going up in the country maybe because people are following the presidential role modeling that all marketers happen because of certain reasons coming from those who are behind it could be personally it could be gangs gangland style like drug lords scaly is are there when they're turned suctions and the murder rate in metro manila was up by around one hundred twelve percent from july twenty sixth seen to june twenty eighth in those of the police figures that were iss
seventy nine people during their operations in july twenty sixth seen and may this year and the human rights groups that you hate as many say as many as twelve thousand a human human rights group you know dispute what they claim but they say as many as twelve thousand have actually died as released hired killers drug syndicates and such an exaggerated that killing is so much easier than how holding trials isn't it no killing happens because there is resistance to police authorities. otherwise...
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we stand for human rights. we are still fighting for these rights. we are committed to it. [applause] it was the same day the person in the white house made folks is laugh when he said he has done more than anybody ever. he was amazingly rude to canada, excuse me to all of our allies. it is a little scary what we are living through now. i'm sorry. the bottom line is universal declaration of human rights is still there, it is still a goal, and it is still a goal. there are something like 12 nations in which the death penalty is available for people in who love each other of the same sex and 48 nations where it is criminal. the goal is to stop that and the goal is to have freedom of speech, press, religion, and economic security. work for everybody, jobs for everybody, education for everybody. i have to say we are closing public schools all over the country and ending sports and music programs not only all over the country but even in places like new york and connecticut. all of us who are activists, we have work to do. paul: questions from the audience now, rate or hand and
we stand for human rights. we are still fighting for these rights. we are committed to it. [applause] it was the same day the person in the white house made folks is laugh when he said he has done more than anybody ever. he was amazingly rude to canada, excuse me to all of our allies. it is a little scary what we are living through now. i'm sorry. the bottom line is universal declaration of human rights is still there, it is still a goal, and it is still a goal. there are something like 12...
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this is the news live from berlin the trial of a prominent chinese human rights lawyer has ended as his supporters scuffled with undercover police along sean john is charged with subverting state power and could face fifteen years in prison and it's all part of china's crackdown on human rights activists. extreme weather and high waves that's the latest warning for people living near the erupting i'm not prophets how volcano in indonesia there are fears of another tsunami after the one on saturday that killed at least four hundred thirty people. and japan plans to presume to resume commercial whaling tokyo says most whale species are no longer endangered but anti-whaling activists are outraged by the way. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us in china the trial of a prominent human rights lawyer has ended without an announced verdict john is charged with subverting state power is one of around two hundred fifty human rights lawyers or activist targeted by chinese authorities since they launched a crackdown three years ago we have this exclusive report. three hours before the trial st
this is the news live from berlin the trial of a prominent chinese human rights lawyer has ended as his supporters scuffled with undercover police along sean john is charged with subverting state power and could face fifteen years in prison and it's all part of china's crackdown on human rights activists. extreme weather and high waves that's the latest warning for people living near the erupting i'm not prophets how volcano in indonesia there are fears of another tsunami after the one on...
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expert on human rights made this. report announces in october just two months ago one specific measures did did the government not to look into this can you give us a concrete example concrete example is that those reports do go to the ministry of defense which does take it up to whoever needs to read those reports and then they do make investigations so since i work in the free ministry i do work with everyone but i cannot speak for the ministry of defense there is some good news as you've said g.d.p. growth is stable at around five percent has been a rise in agricultural productivity as well despite the security challenges the i.m.f. and world bank continue to support mali financially what does that say about how the country is governed in your view what's what would you like to say as far as that to the world it does say about mali is a very resilient country that what we've gone through since two thousand and eleven could not foresee that. we would have such a strong economic growth that show that despite all of t
expert on human rights made this. report announces in october just two months ago one specific measures did did the government not to look into this can you give us a concrete example concrete example is that those reports do go to the ministry of defense which does take it up to whoever needs to read those reports and then they do make investigations so since i work in the free ministry i do work with everyone but i cannot speak for the ministry of defense there is some good news as you've...
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you can see human rights offenders that are the in criminal right because they different human rights but you can see the same level of losing the allegiance regarding the person that have died because of the media paris so the reason these coming at her youth of the day of the law of the fourth and the holes are and those are also factors that people. and i understand that people don't trust the station already and the problems that are facing our way beyond what. that means by all means that is because of the response have you state actors as well as all the non-state actors so i understand what that means saying but this is very very small compared with the. rest and so what i think that we have agreed that we have these destructible child that haven't been at variance but we have to also add me that some of these challenge response that big oberman is responsible for if we have sad must see i want to thank you there because i want to make sure our audience hears what you're saying so there are two huge problems here that we're looking at and one is structural and the other is the
you can see human rights offenders that are the in criminal right because they different human rights but you can see the same level of losing the allegiance regarding the person that have died because of the media paris so the reason these coming at her youth of the day of the law of the fourth and the holes are and those are also factors that people. and i understand that people don't trust the station already and the problems that are facing our way beyond what. that means by all means that...
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abuses you can see human rights offenders that are the in criminal right because they different human rights but you can see the same level of blues the elegant regarding the person that have died because of the media paris so there is have these coming at her use of the day of the law of the force and on the whole and those are also factors that people. and i understand that people don't trust the station already and the problems that are facing our way beyond what. that means by all means that is because of the rest of us have your state actors as well as all the non-state actors so i understand what that means saying but this is very very small compared with the. rest and so what i think that we have agreed that we have these destructible child that haven't been at variance but we have to also add me that some of these challenge response that big oberman is responsible for if we have cyber monday i want to ask you there because i want to make sure our audience hears what you're saying so there are two huge problems here that we're looking at and one is structural and the other is t
abuses you can see human rights offenders that are the in criminal right because they different human rights but you can see the same level of blues the elegant regarding the person that have died because of the media paris so there is have these coming at her use of the day of the law of the force and on the whole and those are also factors that people. and i understand that people don't trust the station already and the problems that are facing our way beyond what. that means by all means...
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supports seventy three percent of the world's you tater ships but uses human rights very. arbitrarily and selectively in order to justify its own geo political ends up of course is a classic example where the us ordered the supposed dictatorship for decades and then when there was a popular all revolution by the standard he says worked for over ten years supporting culture terror against our country people forget about that you know and those things need to be remembered in the context of the of the situations we're talking about today. a judge in the u.k. house blocks an illegal immigrants deportation up to the asylum seeker converted to christianity the man all of it rainin origin known as a grounds was granted u.k. residence in two. thousand and nine for five years however the british government says he is a threat to society and has already been jailed for sexually assaulting a seventeen year old girl he was released three years ago with an order of deportation but after looking through his eight hundred fifty twitter posts quoting the bible and christian theology the
supports seventy three percent of the world's you tater ships but uses human rights very. arbitrarily and selectively in order to justify its own geo political ends up of course is a classic example where the us ordered the supposed dictatorship for decades and then when there was a popular all revolution by the standard he says worked for over ten years supporting culture terror against our country people forget about that you know and those things need to be remembered in the context of the...
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almost any place in the world, you can talk about politics, you can about human rights.ood. $5552 5 55532; ,,55 the steps being taken to ready the country for mass tourism are plain to see. but is the country as determined to follow through on pledges to improve on human rights, or are these promises just for show? billionaire elon musk‘s space x company has launched a falcon 9 rocket into orbit. ignition. liftoff. there it goes. the craft took up a new ultra—precise navigation satellite for the us air force, that could eventually improve domestically—used gps systems too. the global positioning system iii — nicknamed vespucci — lifted off from cape canaveral in florida. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @benmbland. a bit ofa a bit of a grey and damp day across most of the country but this week, christmas week of course, most of you will be dry. light wind, crucial if you are on the move but that will lead to some patchy frost by day and night. tonight across northern and western areas we will see fog. this area moving into t
almost any place in the world, you can talk about politics, you can about human rights.ood. $5552 5 55532; ,,55 the steps being taken to ready the country for mass tourism are plain to see. but is the country as determined to follow through on pledges to improve on human rights, or are these promises just for show? billionaire elon musk‘s space x company has launched a falcon 9 rocket into orbit. ignition. liftoff. there it goes. the craft took up a new ultra—precise navigation satellite...
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expert on human rights made this. report announces in october just two months ago what specific measures did did the government not to look into this can you give us a concrete example concrete example is that those reports do go to the ministry of defense which does take it up to whoever needs to read those reports and then they do make investigations so since i work in the free ministry i do work with everyone but i cannot speak for the ministry of defense there is some good news as you've said g.d.p. growth is stable at around five percent there's been a rise in agricultural productivity as well despite the security challenges the i.m.f. and world bank continue to support mali financially you know what does that say about how the country is governed in your view what's what would you like to say as far as that to the world it does say about mali is a very resilient country that what we've gone through since two thousand and eleven could not foresee that. we would have such a strong economic growth that show that de
expert on human rights made this. report announces in october just two months ago what specific measures did did the government not to look into this can you give us a concrete example concrete example is that those reports do go to the ministry of defense which does take it up to whoever needs to read those reports and then they do make investigations so since i work in the free ministry i do work with everyone but i cannot speak for the ministry of defense there is some good news as you've...
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watch of serious human rights abuses including blocking foreign aid torturing detainees hostage taking using child soldiers shelling civilian areas that's a pretty damning pretty horrific indictment of your quote unquote government isn't it i would not call an indictment of our government or our authorities during the wars any war things happen and as i said we are open and transparent we would like to see these things and correct any mr wing's it is a that we are one hundred percent thinks happened during the war so again we are trying our best to limit any incidents that is coming from our side but you are talking about planes that are throwing hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs on civilians if you speak up. to us the national salvation of our military we are trying our best to limit any incidence of killing people or as you said we could but you won't but human rights groups don't agree with you you see things happen as if it's some sort of accident or natural disaster when amnesty human rights watch the un have documented over many months not over days or weeks over a consisten
watch of serious human rights abuses including blocking foreign aid torturing detainees hostage taking using child soldiers shelling civilian areas that's a pretty damning pretty horrific indictment of your quote unquote government isn't it i would not call an indictment of our government or our authorities during the wars any war things happen and as i said we are open and transparent we would like to see these things and correct any mr wing's it is a that we are one hundred percent thinks...
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democrats introduce bill requiring us to call abortion a human right. is is referring to a report from the state department, the reproductive rights are human rights act would include abortion on demand and other reproductive rights in its annual human rights report, reaction to the trump administration's prioritizing real human rights issues by removing references to rights to abort an unborn child, that is their characterization of it, your response? >> it is life news in their characterization is not if you look at what was there versus what is there is entirely accurate, this was part of the state department, not saying abortion is a human right but we are saying women's rights are human rights and reproductive right is part of a woman's right. having said that it is not just about abortion or birth control. there are confusion this world that have forced abortion, forced sterilization, that is under the umbrella of reproductive rights and we as a nation should be included in being aware of what the statistics are internationally with regard to those
democrats introduce bill requiring us to call abortion a human right. is is referring to a report from the state department, the reproductive rights are human rights act would include abortion on demand and other reproductive rights in its annual human rights report, reaction to the trump administration's prioritizing real human rights issues by removing references to rights to abort an unborn child, that is their characterization of it, your response? >> it is life news in their...
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eighty years since the end of the second world war is that britain is a systematic violator of human rights of the un principles is a systematic supporter of repressive regimes systematic promoter of wars and i think that this is been largely kept from the british public. you can go right the way back to the late one nine hundred forty s. when britain was engaged in of really brutal war in malaya terror bombing vast areas of a war which has been described as a kind of liberation for the for the malayan people right the way through to the current war in in yemen and many episodes in between i think highlight the fact that britain is not a promoter of human rights and not a not hold an international principles it is a serial violator of them and it's easy to find this out actually doesn't it's not rocket science to actually find out what britain is doing but it is largely kept
eighty years since the end of the second world war is that britain is a systematic violator of human rights of the un principles is a systematic supporter of repressive regimes systematic promoter of wars and i think that this is been largely kept from the british public. you can go right the way back to the late one nine hundred forty s. when britain was engaged in of really brutal war in malaya terror bombing vast areas of a war which has been described as a kind of liberation for the for the...
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followed not to be guilty but human rights did that. what about the police was never investigated for murder by the police nobody complain you rather they object their dare you victims where you notice country there is a rule of law and we follow certain processes you have to follow the rule you file a complaint the preliminary investigations conducted by the prosecution to determine probable cause there is then a case is filed in court without that you cannot assist you said he killed in self defense he said when he was sixteen that he killed a man for looking at him the wrong way on either side of the above do you even know if he did kill everybody here are that it's only now that i'm hearing anyway anyone ever bothered to find out whether that was true no i don't think so because i had never heard of money. but i did hear but no one interested in the truth anymore in this administration with him whether he could whether he killed on the road whether he killed a man when he was sixteen berkeley though people are not interested you are
followed not to be guilty but human rights did that. what about the police was never investigated for murder by the police nobody complain you rather they object their dare you victims where you notice country there is a rule of law and we follow certain processes you have to follow the rule you file a complaint the preliminary investigations conducted by the prosecution to determine probable cause there is then a case is filed in court without that you cannot assist you said he killed in self...
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says that the contract is not legally binding and does not create any new human rights furthermore it says national sovereignty over migration is a specific protected in the document so long as it complies with international law it's caviar just like that which have been pounced upon by europe's new nationalists with austria leading the way. research's points to a new generation of politicians across europe who understand that migration can sway elections it seems that migration is one of the on the remaining topics where somehow nation states are seeing how they can make a point of this this is the reason of control and sovereignty and certainly it's also related to more and more polarized public debate after austria followed hungary more felt like dominoes slovakia italy bug area czech republic poland and switzerland of all other withdrawn or suspended their participation why because according to one academic by starting from a pro migration stance the un compact underestimated and ignored the concerns of individual citizens there are no kind of conditions with the limit of migratio
says that the contract is not legally binding and does not create any new human rights furthermore it says national sovereignty over migration is a specific protected in the document so long as it complies with international law it's caviar just like that which have been pounced upon by europe's new nationalists with austria leading the way. research's points to a new generation of politicians across europe who understand that migration can sway elections it seems that migration is one of the...